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MOTORFOR PUMPS. N0.-371,009. Patented Oct. 4, 1887.,

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BY ,6 V a: 7 ATTORg UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM W. WVARD, OF EATON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JOHN R. COOK,AND O. A. MONEAL, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

MOTOR FOR PUMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,009, dated October4, 1887. Application filed Decemher22,1r86. Serial No. 222,305. (Nomodel.)

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts of the motor, all as hereinafter fully de' scribedand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved motor, and Fig. 2 is a planview thereof.

The metal frame A, on which most of the mechanism of the pump issupported, is held,

by bolting or otherwise, to a suitable bed-' plate, B, to which is fixeda standard, 0, at the head of which a pulley, D, is journaled. A rope,E, passing over this pulley, sustains a weight, F, at one end, and atits other end is connected to the windingdrum G of the pumpoperatingmechanism.

The drum G is fixed to a shaft, 9, which is journaled in the oppositesides of the frame A, and to the drum is attached a ratchetwheel, H,which is engaged by a pawl, I,pivoted to a gear-wheel, J, which isplaced loosely on the shaft 9, and whereby the weight carrying ropeE maybe wound on the drum by ap plying a crank to the squared end 9 of theshaft 9, and as the weight falls and unwinds the rope from the drum thespring-pressed pawl will be engaged by the drum-ratchet, and will causethe gear-wheel J to revolve in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. The rope E passes over an antifriction roller, K,journaled to the frame. The gear-wheel J engages atoothed pinion L,which is fixed to a shaft, M, journaled in the frame, and to said shaftM also is fixed a gear-wheel,

O, which meshes with a pinion, P, fixed to a shaft, 10, journaled in theframe A and bracket a. To-the shaft p, outside of the frame A,

there is fixed a crank-arm, R, which is connected by a pitman, S, withthe plunger-rod T ofa pump, U, held to the frame, and which of the ropefrom the drum as the weight falls,

, will cause the reciprocation of the pump-plunger for drawing water orother liquid into which the pump-barrel u is placed.

To give smoothness and steadiness of motion to the pump-rod, thegear-wheel N, also secured to the shaft M, is made to mesh into apinion, V, which is fixed to a shaft, 1;, to which is also fixed agear-wheel, W, and this wheel WV meshes with a pinion, X, fast to ashaft, 00, which is journaled in the frame A, and has fixed to it a fan,Y, and whereby as the mechanism of the pump is in action the fan will berevolved to offer necessary resist ance to the air to control orregulate the operation of the whole machine. An elbow-lever, Z, pivotedto the frame A, may be drawn upon by a connected rod, .2, secured to oneof its arms, to throw the other arm of thelever into the path of thefan-wheel regulator, so that the fan will strike the said arm when it isdesired to stop the machine at any time.

The pinion L and gear-wheel N may be made integral, if desired, as mayalso the gear-wheel W and pinion V To set the machine in motion,it isonly necessary to wind the rope E onto the drum G, which maybe donewithout operating the gearing, and then let the weight fall by itsgravity and the pump will be operated until the weight runs down, andwithout requiring attention.

The machine may be set up at any place allowing sufficient fall to theweight. It is preferred, when pumping water from a well, to set themachine at the well-curb, so that the weight will fall down the well,which ordinarily will permit the use of a long rope for the weight,allowing the machine to run a long time without rewinding the rope onthe drum.

This machine will be found very serviceable in dwellings and barns foruse in maintaining watersupply for man and stock, and may be used inmany other situations for pumping water or other liquids, and itsoperation entails little or no expense, and the machine is short shaft1), having a pinion, P, meshing with gear-wheel O, and a crank, R,connected I 5 with the pump-rod, the shaft '0, having a pinion,V,meshing with gear N, and a gear-wheel, W, the shaft 00, having a pinion,X, meshing With gear-wheel W, and having the fan-blade Y, and thebell-crank lever Z, having a rod connected to one arm for throwing itsother arm into the path of the fan to be struck thereby when the machineis to be stopped, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM W. WARD.

Witnesses:

FRANK STRAW, CHAS. O. Foos.

